India Curbs Catholic Priest For Investigations on Nuns

NEW DELHI, Aug. 28 (Reu ters) — The Indian authorities have impounded the passport of the Rev. Cyriac Puthenpura, a Roman Catholic priest involved in sending Indian girls to be come nuns in European con vents, it was announced today.

He will not be allowed to leave the country until investi gations into his recruitment practices are completed, offi cials said. They said he would be a key witness in the Gov ernment's promised inquiry into allegations that 1,200 peasant girls had been ‘bought” for $600 to $700 each.

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